Improvement in coen-planters



l. J. KIDD.

Corn Planter.

N01 81,911. Patented Sept. 8, 1868.

I.J. KIDD, OF YOUNG SETTLEMENT TEXAS.

Letters Patent No. 81,911, dated September 8, 1868; antedated Augizst28, 1868. V

IMPROVEMENT IN OORN-PLA NTBRS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

, Be it known that I, I. J. KIDD, of Young Settlement, in the county of Bastrop, and in the State of Texas,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn'Planters; and do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, A represents a plowbeam, or a beam of similar construction to a plow-beam, and D represents the handles thereto. The'handles Dare securedtothe beam-in any convenient or ordinary manner.

B represents an ordinary shovel-plow, adjusted to or in the beam, in any manner desired. The beam A is provided with a slot, :0, passing through the middle thereof, just behindthc plow B, in'which is adjusted on a suitable spindle or shaft, a circular feed-wheehc. 'Said wheel a is made so as to fit exactly in said slot z, and

is provided with one or more notches or grooves across the face, in which the grains of corn fall, andare carried down through the slot, and then, througha suitable spout, F, into the furrow behind the plow B. For planting cotton, the wheel 0 is made with notches or teeth similar to saw-teeth, as shown in the drawings.

E represents a box or hopper, secured above the wheel 0 to the beam A and handles D, and may be of any size desired.

Behind the spout F, and secured to the beam A at a suitable distance apart, are smallplows or teeth H II, which serve to cover the grain or seed in the furrow between them. Adjusted between suitable arms L, and

behind the plows H H, is a roller, I, which is made concave, as shown, and having pulleys secured to. each end thereof. The pulleys attached to 'or formed on the ends oi the roller I, act as drive-wheels for the feedwheel a. The spindle or shaft upon which the wheel 0 is adjusted has small pulleys K K, secured at the ends of it, over which works the cord or bandj. The bandsj pass around the pulleys on the ends of the roller Land thence around the pulleys K K, and drive or givemotion to the wheel 0. The comparative size of the pulleys K K, with those on the roller, will regulate the feed of the grain or seed by the feed-wheel c, and may be made adjustable to suit the difierent kinds of seed to be planted, or the distance required betweenthe-hills of the grain. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the feed-wheel c, pulleys K K, plow-beam B, cords or hands jj, roller I, spout 'F, and I plows. B and H H, the several parts being constructedand operated substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that [claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand andscal, this day of ,ISBT.

I. J. KIDD. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

Joux R. Coon, Sewn W. BIGGS. 

